Three brave cancer survivors are to host a coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support on Thursday October 2.

Susan Michaelis and Esther Clark, of Horsham, have teamed up with Rosie McMillan from Henfield, and the trio found a location with the help of charitable Sedgwick Park Manor owner Clare Davison.

Dr Michaelis, who worked as the technical consultant on locally made Fact Not Fiction Films movie ‘A Dark Reflection’, was diagnosed with breast cancer on the last week of principal filming last summer.

She said: “I had been through this many years ago with my mother and did very little directly supporting cancer research, but now realise that cancer, which they say strikes one in three people in society, needs our utmost attention and we all really can make a difference.”

During her recovery, Susan realised that Esther and Rosie had also suffered from the disease.